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Season 1

  • S01E01 Can I Live Forever?

    • November 28, 2011
    • Discovery Channel

    Evolutionary biologist Dan Riskin explores the human mind, beginning with the science of immortality, asking whether humans will ever be able to permanently cheat death.

  • S01E02 Fear

    • Discovery Channel

    An exploration of whether the human brain's fear response has become a burden in contemporary society, instead of a useful survival tool.

  • S01E03 Born to Kill

    • Discovery Channel

    Dan Riskin explores scientific explanations for murder, including the role played by genes and brain physiology, and questions whether humans are predisposed to slay each other.

  • S01E04 Memory

    • Discovery Channel

    Biologist Dan Riskin explores memory, questioning whether it entirely determines identity and finding out why some things are forgotten and others recalled.